Because the FY2010 DOD Appropriations Act was approved by both chambers by exchanging different versions of H.R. 3326, no conference report was issued. Section 1014 of the final version provides that the explanatory statement inserted in the Congressional Record on December 16, 2009, "shall have the same effect with respect to the allocation of funds and implementation of this Act as if it were a joint explanatory statement of a committee of conference." The Joint Explanatory Statement was printed in the Congressional Record on December 16, 2009.

To provide that none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be used to dispose of claims filed regarding water contamination at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, until the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) fully completes all current, ongoing epidemiological and water modeling studies.